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Name: RALPH GILCHRIST
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/02/1929
Completed: 03/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1373
Dimensions: 1927grt, 1147nrt, 252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 149493
History:
03/1929 Sarnia Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Newcastle & Sarnia, Ontario
1944 Renamed E P MURPHY
1951 Colonial Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Sarnia
1959 Scott Misener Steamships Ltd, Sarnia
1959 Westdale Shipping Ltd, Sarnia; renamed WESTDALE
1962 Broken up
Comments: Q2/1962: Broken up at Hamilton, Ontario by Steel Co of Canada Ltd


Above photo as RALPH GILCHRIST copyright of Bowling Green State University

Above 3 photos as E P MURPHY courtesy of Photoship